Baseball on this Date - Tuesday April 24,1979

Games on 1979-04-24

Vis Team	R	Home Team	R	Box	Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save Pitcher
Baltimore Orioles	7	California Angels	2	Box	Jim Palmer	Don Aase	(none)
Minnesota Twins	2	Cleveland Indians	7	Box	Rick Wise	Roger Erickson	(none)
Chicago White Sox	0	Kansas City Royals	5	Box	Dennis Leonard	Lerrin LaGrow	(none)
New York Yankees	3	Oakland Athletics	1	Box	Tommy John	John Henry Johnson	(none)
Boston Red Sox	4	Seattle Mariners	3	Box	Dick Drago	Shane Rawley	Bill Campbell
Toronto Blue Jays	2	Texas Rangers	0	Box	Dave Lemanczyk	Steve Comer	(none)
St. Louis Cardinals	6	Atlanta Braves	5	Box	Mark Littell	Gene Garber	Buddy Schultz
Pittsburgh Pirates	9	Cincinnati Reds	2	Box	Don Robinson	Frank Pastore	(none)
San Diego Padres	1	Montreal Expos	5	Box	Ross Grimsley	Randy Jones	(none)
San Francisco Giants	3	New York Mets	10	Box	Mike Scott	Vida Blue	(none)
Los Angeles Dodgers	6	Philadelphia Phillies	7	Box	Ron Reed	Jerry Reuss	(none)

Standings as of 1979-04-24

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Rk	Lg	MLB	AL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	2	Boston Red Sox	14	10	4	.714	--	84	52	32	3-2	7-2	W5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Haywood Sullivan	Fenway Park	146	81	65	.555
2	4	7	New York Yankees	16	10	6	.625	1.0	63	62	1	5-2	5-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Cedric Tallis	Yankee Stadium I	144	79	65	.549
3	6	10	Detroit Tigers	11	6	5	.545	2.5	63	54	9	2-3	4-2	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Jim Campbell	Tiger Stadium	150	79	71	.527
4	7	11	Baltimore Orioles	17	9	8	.529	2.5	77	75	2	2-5	7-3	W6	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hank Peters	Memorial Stadium	142	93	49	.655
5	9	16	Milwaukee Brewers	15	7	8	.467	3.5	69	68	1	3-7	4-1	L5	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Harry Dalton	County Stadium	146	88	58	.603
6	11	21	Toronto Blue Jays	16	6	10	.375	5.0	70	100	-30	4-6	2-4	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Pat Gillick	Exhibition Stadium	146	47	99	.322
7	12	22	Cleveland Indians	14	5	9	.357	5.0	51	72	-21	1-5	4-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Phil Seghi	Cleveland Stadium	147	76	71	.517
Rk	Lg	MLB	AL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	3	California Angels	17	12	5	.706	--	119	73	46	8-2	4-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Buzzie Bavasi	Anaheim Stadium	145	76	69	.524
2	3	5	Texas Rangers	14	9	5	.643	1.5	64	45	19	3-3	6-2	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Eddie Robinson	Arlington Stadium	148	74	74	.500
3	5	8	Minnesota Twins	15	9	6	.600	2.0	75	73	2	7-3	2-3	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Calvin Griffith	Metropolitan Stadium	147	73	74	.497
4	8	15	Kansas City Royals	15	7	8	.467	4.0	80	85	-5	1-7	6-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe Burke	Royals Stadium	147	78	69	.531
5	10	18	Chicago White Sox	16	7	9	.438	4.5	86	81	5	6-5	1-4	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D			Comiskey Park	144	66	78	.458
7	14	24	Seattle Mariners	17	5	12	.294	7.0	79	102	-23	0-5	5-7	L9	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Lou Gorman	The Kingdome	145	62	83	.428
6	13	25	Oakland Athletics	17	5	12	.294	7.0	58	96	-38	2-5	3-7	L1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Charlie Finley	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	145	49	96	.338
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL East	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	2	4	Philadelphia Phillies	15	10	5	.667	--	68	45	23	4-4	6-1	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Paul Owens	Veterans Stadium	147	74	73	.503
2	3	6	Montreal Expos	14	9	5	.643	0.5	50	48	2	4-4	5-1	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John McHale	Olympic Stadium	146	86	60	.589
3	4	9	St. Louis Cardinals	16	9	7	.563	1.5	65	60	5	4-5	4-3	W3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		John Claiborne	Busch Stadium II	146	77	69	.527
4	6	13	Chicago Cubs	12	6	6	.500	2.5	41	48	-7	1-3	5-3	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Kennedy	Wrigley Field	150	74	76	.493
5	10	20	New York Mets	13	5	8	.385	4.0	54	54	0	3-4	2-4	W2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Joe McDonald	Shea Stadium	149	58	91	.389
6	11	23	Pittsburgh Pirates	15	5	10	.333	5.0	64	77	-13	1-5	4-5	W1	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Hardy Peterson	Three Rivers Stadium	147	93	54	.633
Rk	Lg	MLB	NL West	GP	W	L	Pct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Home	Away	StrK	1979 Links	Manager	General Manager	Ballpark	GP	W	L	Pct
1	1	1	Houston Astros	16	12	4	.750	--	71	41	30	4-3	8-1	W4	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Tal Smith	Astrodome	146	77	69	.527
2	5	12	Cincinnati Reds	17	9	8	.529	3.5	82	80	2	6-4	3-4	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Dick Wagner	Riverfront Stadium	144	81	63	.563
3	7	14	San Francisco Giants	18	9	9	.500	4.0	83	90	-7	4-4	5-5	L3	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Spec Richardson	Candlestick Park	144	62	82	.431
4	8	17	San Diego Padres	18	8	10	.444	5.0	82	94	-12	4-7	4-3	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Bob Fontaine	San Diego Stadium	143	60	83	.420
5	9	19	Los Angeles Dodgers	19	8	11	.421	5.5	75	84	-9	3-5	5-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D		Al Campanis	Dodger Stadium	143	71	72	.497
6	12	26	Atlanta Braves	17	5	12	.294	7.5	72	86	-14	3-6	2-6	L2	T S R Log Off Def SP D	Bobby Cox	Bill Lucas	Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium	143	61	82	.427

Player Name	Pos	Age	Transaction Description	Roster for Current Team
Tony Fernandez	SS	16.298	Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Blue Jays.

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